Full Description
This book analyses the essential aspects of sports psychology by throwing light on issues related to the upkeep of athletes' mental state and improving their performance in sports activities. On one hand, it covers topics like anxiety, stress, conflicts, overtraining, and sports injuries, and on the other, it includes strategies helpful for managing and developing skills for better performance in various sports activities.
In its wide coverage, the volume discusses a range of key topics which include:
Sports psychology: historical perspectives and the present position
Contribution of heredity and environment, the role of growth and development, and the individual differences in sports psychology
How factors like intelligence, cognitive and emotional processes, personality, and motivation influence learning and the transfer of learning
The role of attention, concentration, and focus in the performance of athletes
Athletes' mental and psyche levels displayed in the states of their anxiety, stress and conflicts, and aggression and violence
Sports injuries and their management
Overtraining and Burnout in Athletes
Group dynamics and guidance and counseling in the learning and development of the athletes, etc
Engaging and reader friendly, this book will be useful to students, researchers, and teachers of physical education, psychology, applied psychology, and sports psychology. It will also be key reading for trainees of the various sport academies, coaches, sports associations, managing bodies, and sport psychologists.
Contents
1. The Meaning, Nature, and Scope of Sports Psychology 2. Sports Psychology- Historical Perspectives and Development 3. Genetics (Heredity) and Environment 4. Human Growth and Development 5. Individual Differences and Sports Performance 6. Methods of Study in Sports Psychology 7. Learning in Physical Education and Sports 8. Transfer of Learning of Training in Sports 9. Cognitive Process: Sensation and Perception 10. Intelligence: Concepts, Measurement, and Implications in Sports 11. Emotional Process in Sports 12. Motivation and its Role in Sports 13. Attention, Concentration, and Focus in Sports 14. Personality: Meaning, Development, Assessment, and Implications in Sports 15. Aggression and Violence in Sports 16. Anxiety and Stress in Sports 17. Frustration and Conflicts in Sports 18. Group Dynamics and Leadership in Sports 19. Guidance and Counselling in Sports 20. Overtraining and Burnout in Athletes 21. Sport Injuries and their Management
